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Life on the Mississippi
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| Author(s): | Mark Twain |
| Illustrator(s): | John Harley Et al |
| Publisher(s): | James R. Osgood and Co. |
| Year Published: | 1883 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | American Biography Geography |
| Age Range: | Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 624 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 214986252 |
Description
The author reminisces about his years as a Mississippi River pilot before the Civil War, then brings things up-to-date on a trip down river in the 1880’s. The first part was originally published as Old Times on the Mississippi in 1876. Read online at archive.org.
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Old Times on the Mississippi (1876)
Twain’s memories of his prewar time spent as an apprentice pilot on the Mississippi River. It later was used as the first part of Life on the Mississippi. Includes an additional story: A Literary Nightmare. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at Archive.org. Or this edition at Archive.org, entitled The Mississippi Pilot.
Life on the Mississippi (1927)
Mark Twain’s account of his time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.
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